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Our response to COVID-19

COVID-19 has beleaguered the world in ways we never could have imagined. From the health of loved ones to the health of economies, each of us has been affected, in one way or the other, by the global pandemic. And yet, in the middle of unforeseen restrictions and hard choices, we have seen communities of resilience — big and small — continue to rise and come together to rebuild our families, societies, and nations.

The team at the Quantico Centre for Communication and Information Literacy has remained active in helping individuals and small-medium businesses, particularly those in the arts and creative sector, push past the crisis. We made several of our courses freely available to anyone who needed to give their communications and marketing activities a boost. We’ve also fully financed the ASEAN subsidy scheme to help workers across the region re-train and reinvigorate themselves for a new, uncertain future. These and other small steps are necessary for the sake of not just our compatriots but also our own consciences. We do what we can to make even the tiniest bit of difference.

Because COVID-19 is ultimately a challenge of global proportions, beating it will require a proportional global response from each and every one of us — not just governments and MNCs. We must each of us therefore persist in keeping our learners, partners, stakeholders, and employees safe and secure. Finally and most importantly, we remain indebted to our frontline heroes — medical staff, store owners, delivery personnel, researchers, and public officers — for their endless efforts, courage, and surfeit of humanity. We will keep working with our nation’s leaders to ensure our people, spaces, and practices continue to embody this spirit of resilience.

Quantico CCIL (Singapore)